Hand bag and the like



July 16, 1935. C G K zmmil HAND BAG AND THE LIKE Filed March 14, 1934 INVEINTOR. W B Y @LWQQM A TTORNE Y.

Patented July 16, 1935 HAND BAG ANn 'rHELI'KE Clifford G. King, Providence, R. I.

Application March 14,

3 Claims.

Heretofore hand bags have been made by sewing the bag portion of fabric, leather, etc., and the lining for the same to the closure frames. The object of the present invention isto provide 5 a closure frame provided with means whereby the bag and lining may be clamped thereto and held in frictional engagement therewith.

In the drawing which accompanies'and forms a part of this specification- Figure 1 is an elevation of a handbag embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation on a larger scale of one corner of the closure frame;

Fig. 3 is a section on a still larger scale taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is an under plan view channel shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4 but on a larger scale than that of said Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a section through the closure frame and U-shaped channel before the channel has been secured to saidframe; and

Fig. '7 is a section on a larger scale taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 1.

In theparticular drawing selected for more fully illustrating the principle of my invention, I is a T-shaped closure frame such as commonly used in hand bags, the two sections thereof being pivoted at II, II. The frame comprises in the present instance a web I2 and a flange or top part I3, the two portions of said flange extending unequal distances from the sides of the Web, that portion I4 thereof which abuts the co-operating section of the frame closure when the bag is closed being shorter than the other.

In order to clamp the upper edges of the bag to the closure frame, clamping members are secured to the web I2 on either side thereof. In the present instance said clamping members consist of the two arms I5, I of the U-shaped channel I6 which encloses said web and has its sides spaced away therefrom and its upper edges terminating short of the lower face of the flange or top part I3 of the frame I ll.

While many ways of securing the channel to the web will readily occur to those skilled in the art, I have found the following attaching means convenient and practicable, viz, the Web I2 is provided at intervals with projections II which take into the apertures I8 formed in the bottom of the channel and project therethrough, as shown in Fig. 6. After the channel has been applied to the frame, a suitable upsetting tool is used to split the projections I1 and bend the two tongues thereof the U-shaped 1934, Serial No. 715,499

' by formed back against the bottom of said channel, as indicated at l1 l1" in Fig. 1.

It is to be understood, however, that any suitable means may be employed for attaching the channel to the web of the frame and that the clamping arms need not form an integral structure.

After the channel and frame have been secured together the upper edges of the lining of the bag are inserted in the space between the web and the clamping member I5, as indicated in Fig. 7, there being a space, as above set forth, between the upper edge of the arm I5 of the channel and the lower face of the flange to accommodate the lining. A suitable form is then inserted between the web and the arm I5 of the channel and a suitable press mechanism is applied to the arm I5 to force the same toward the web and thereby clamp the upper edge of the lining between said web and arm. It will be noted in this connection that the inner corners of the arms I5, I5 are slightly sharpened, as I indicated at 2|, 2| in order to hold the bag and its lining more securely in frictional engagement with the web.

In like manner the upper edges 22 of the bag are inserted in the space between the web and the arm I5 of the channel and said arm pressed against the web, thereby firmly clamping the bag to the closure frame.

Preferably the inner portion I4 of the flange overhangs the web sufficiently to be flush with the upper portion of the lining after the latter has been clamped to the web, and the outer portion of the flange is of suificient length to be flush with the upper part of the bag material after the bag has been clamped to the web. In the present instance the bag material is shown as thicker than the lining, as is usually the case, but if the bag and lining are of the same thickness, the two portions of the flange may be substantially of the same length.

By means of the present invention a substantial saving in the time required for assembly of the parts of the hand bag is effected and the appearance of the finished article is much neater than that of the bags which have the bag and lining portions thereof sewed to the closure of the frame.

Having thus described an illustrative embodiment of my invention without however limiting the same thereto, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A-hand bag comprising a T-shaped closure frame having a web and a flange, said flange comprising two portions extending unequal distances from'the sides of the web, a U-shaped channel enclosing said web and having its sides upstanding and spaced away therefrom, the upper edges of the sides of said channel terminating short ofthe lower face'of said flange, and means securing said channel to the lower edge of said web.

2. A hand bag comprising a closure frame and clamping members secured to said frame on either side thereof, said members being spaced away from said frame and the upper edges thereof terminating short of the top of said frame, the upper edge of the bag being clamped I between said frame and one of said members and the upper edge of the lining of the bag being clamped between the frame and the other of said members.

3; A hand bag comprising a closure frame having a web extending from the lower face of the top part of said frame intermediate the sides thereof, a U-shaped channel enclosing said web and having its sides upstanding and spaced away therefrom, the upper edges of the sides of said channel terminating short of the lower face of the top part of the frame, and means securing said channel to the lower edge of said'web.

CLIFFORD G. KING. 

